Mother, lawyer, columnist for the Missouri Independent. Other words at KC Star, Pitch KC, Rolling Stone, Rewire, Atlantic, Slate, Ms & Bridgette has a memo. Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/wRH1Qp6qqRzSpWwL5OkqUDLOQrJxnXi6aru2HOnLEkupJ8fkqEpHE6hwl00EwA9D
Republicans across the country are trying to make it harder for citizen-led ballot initiatives to succeed. The Missouri legislature put Amendment 4 on the ballot to make it impossible. Gift link to me on Amendment 4 - Vote No in August!
No on Missouri Amendment 4: Don’t let politicians take your petition rights | OpinionThe Republican supermajority in Jefferson City keeps overturning the will of the voters. Keep the power of citizen-led initiative. | Opinionwww.kansascity.comMissourians - vote No on Amendments 4 & 5 next month and tell your friends! Here’s the KC Star on the mess that is Amendment 5. I’ll have a piece up tomorrow about Amendment 4
Endorsement: The Star Editorial Board recommendation on Missouri Amendment 5 | OpinionIf passed, it would end the state income tax and would raise sales taxes on services such as doctor visits, rent and prescriptions. | Opinionamp.kansascity.comI wrote about Republicans' red tape strategy: missouriindependent.com/2026/06/15/m...
Missouri’s red-tape Republicans are governing badly on purpose • Missouri IndependentI have some minor medical issues. So do my kids. Tracking all our medical appointments, getting to the appointments, getting prescriptions, getting insurance to pay for the appointments and prescripti...missouriindependent.comRepublicans knew this would be a huge problem and did it anyway:
States balk at the high price of Medicaid work requirements amid budget crunchStates dealing with budget shortfalls are facing tens of millions of dollars in new costs ahead of the federal Jan. 1 deadline.www.politico.comInside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It
Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop Itwww.nytimes.comLawsuit asks judge to force decision on Missouri gerrymandering referendum missouriindependent.com/2026/05/18/l...
Lawsuit asks judge to force decision on Missouri gerrymandering referendum • Missouri IndependentA lawsuit asks a Cole County judge to force Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to say whether a referendum on new congressional maps qualifies for the ballot.missouriindependent.comI wrote about the cruel so-called “born alive” bill the Missouri legislature passed. Don’t know how these people look themselves in the mirror making life worse for grieving parents in service of a propaganda campaign
Missouri’s new anti-abortion law will hurt families in medical crisis • Missouri IndependentIt takes a special kind of cruelty to meddle in end of life care for political reasons. The so-called “Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” passed last week does just that. It is part of a l...missouriindependent.com
